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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Today’s post was written by Denise Dempsey a Science Reference Librarian who has previously written about the women featured in the motion picture “Hidden Figures” and the post “A Family of Pharmacists”. Among the photographs in the Picture This blog post, Portraits of Nineteenth Century African American Women Activists Newly Available Online, is one of …
Posted in: African American History, Biography, Science, Women's History
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was written by Sean Bryant a Reference Librarian in the Science Section who previously wrote about World War I tanks and John Glenn. This post continues the story of the last man to walk on the moon, astronaut, Eugene Cernan, which was inspired by our last NASA talk of 2016. Geologist Dr. Noah …
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Biography, Science
Posted by: Angel Vu
In Washington, D.C. a family of African American pharmacists set up business on U Street NW.
Posted in: African American History, Biography, Science, Washington and the Capitol
Posted by: Angel Vu
This post was authored by Sean Bryant, Science Reference & Research Specialist in the Science, Technology, and Business Division of the Library of Congress. Fifty five years ago this week John Hershel Glenn Jr. rode an Atlas rocket into a cloudy February morning. In his Mercury space capsule Friendship 7, Glenn became the third person, …
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Astronomy/Mathematics, Biography, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Science
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read biographies of African American NASA scientists including those that were the subject of the major motion picture Hidden Figures.
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, African American History, Astronomy/Mathematics, Biography, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Women's History
Posted by: Angel Vu
The month of January marks the birthday of Emily Greene Balch (1867-1961), an American economist, sociologist, political scientist, and pacifist who rose to prominence during and after World War I.
Posted in: Biography, Labor, Nobel Laureate, Women's History, World War I
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
It may be a bit of a puzzle as to why Lin Manuel Miranda wrote a musical about a Secretary of the Treasury, but it may be a little more obvious why a Business librarian would write blog post about him -- the first Secretary of the Treasury had a profound impact on the country and the economy then and now.